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Interview: Mother of 8-Year-Old Nearly Hanged in NH Speaks Out on Moving Forward With Her Son
Most of us were saddened and disgusted by the graphic photo of the little boy from Claremont, N.H., who was nearly hanged from a tree. If that wasn’t bad enough, the town’s police chief went on record shortly thereafter, saying of the kids who assaulted the biracial 8-year-old: “Mistakes they make as a young child…
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Texas City Councilman Casually Drops Racial Slur While Attempting to Prove How Not Racist He Is After Controversial Facebook Post
Talk about not quitting while you’re ahead. A Schertz, Texas, city councilman decided to put his whole entire leg in his mouth and use a racial slur while apologizing for a controversial Facebook meme that caused backlash from his constituency. Following the massive destruction of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, Councilman Robin Thompson decided that it…
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Justice Department Will Not Bring Charges Against Any of the Officers Involved in Freddie Gray’s Death
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it will not be filing federal civil rights charges against any of the Baltimore police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody. The Associated Press reports that in a statement, the Justice Department said that while Gray’s death was “undeniably…
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Both of Kobe Bryant’s Jerseys Will Be Retired by the Los Angeles Lakers Later This Year
Updated Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, 7:10 p.m. EDT: Sources have confirmed to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne that the Los Angeles Lakers will be retiring both of Kobe Bryant’s jersey numbers, 8 and 24, during the ceremony Dec. 18. ESPN notes that the Lakers usually don’t retire a player’s jersey until he is inducted into the Basketball…
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Black Public Figures Are Being Silenced for Calling Out White Supremacy
Blackness is a box. Its sides are close enough that if you spread your arms out far enough, you can touch them with both hands. While its ceiling may be tall, if you fly high enough or long enough, you will eventually crash into it. It is an inescapable boundary that every black person in…
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A Couple of Thoughts for the White Man From Detroit Who Hates Black People Protesting the National Anthem
A metro-Detroit business owner is catching some serious heat for a racist Facebook post in which he used the n-word to call out a black couple protesting the national anthem at a Detroit Lions game. In the post, David Doptis—who, according to WXYZ Detroit, owns a business called Restaurant Liquidation Auctions in Pontiac, Mich.—attached a…
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UC Berkeley Says It Will Investigate Viral Video of Police Officer Who Seized Money From Hot Dog Vendor
The University of California, Berkeley, is investigating the behavior of a campus police officer who confronted a bacon-hot-dog vendor and confiscated his earnings this past weekend. Video of the UCPD bicycle cop and the vendor had gone viral. According to the Los Angeles Times, the video was taken by Martin Flores, a Berkeley alumnus who…
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‘We Are Allowed to Punch, Kick’: Ohio Police Attempt to Justify Brutal Beating of Unarmed Black Man
It’s another day ending in y, and another group of police officers—this time in Columbus, Ohio—were caught on cellphone footage repeatedly punching and kicking an unarmed black man during an arrest inside a local market. However, although the suspect, identified as 31-year-old Timothy Davis, is seen in his booking photo with multiple bruises and marks…
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Meet the White Nationalist Fraternity Coming to a College Near You
Apparently, racist organizations have the same philosophy as Alabama football and R. Kelly: “Get them while they’re young.” One of the newest players in the league of white supremacist groups has been spotted on campuses around the country, calling itself a “fraternal organization,” attempting to solicit white college students into its ranks, because you know…